Fountain comb



C. E. HOLTON FOUNTAIN COMB Filed Jan. 2, 1942 Aug. 4, 1942.

Patented Aug. 4, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOUNTAIN COMB Carrie E. Holton, Daytona Beach, Fla. Application January 2, 1942, Serial No. 425,456

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in fountain combs for treating the hair and scalp.

The invention is designed with the particular object in view of providing a simply constructed comb for applying hot oil, or similar liquid, to the scalp and roots of the hair, easily and thoroughly, and which is leakproof, adapted for applying large or small amounts of oil, and inexpensive to manufacture.

To the accomplishment of the above, and to subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and defined in the claims appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section of a fountain comb embodying my improvement,

Figure 2 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of the valve operating plunger and cam.

Reference being had to the drawing by numerals, my improved fountain comb, in its preferred embodiment, comprises a substantially cylindrical, hollow back I having a front end 2 closed, with the exception of a screw hole 3 therein, a rear thicker end 4 having an axial bore 5 therethrough, and a row of tapered teeth 5 extending radially from one side thereof and which are axially bored, as at l', for discharge of liquid therefrom and from the interior of the back I.

A tubular liquid discharge member 8, of smaller diameter than the back I, extends into said back I in the axis thereof by way oi the bore 5 in which it tightly iits, said member having a front axially apertured end 9 by means of which and a screw IIl' extending through the hole 3 and end 9 said member is secured to said back. The rear, open end of the discharge member 8 extends out of the back I and has threaded thereon the iront end of a cylindrical, hollow handle II) forming a liquid supply container and which is preferably of the same outside diameter as that of the back I. The liquid discharge member 8 is provided, opposite the inner ends of the bores l of the teeth 6 with a single row of discharge ports II axially aligned with said bores l,

A rubber gasket I2 is interposed between the back I and the handle IIJ around the discharge member 8. A metal sleeve I3 surrounds the IIl and also the gasket I2 and which is preferably secured in any suitable manner to the back I.

The handle I 0 includes a rear end ller opening I4 closed by a screw plug I5. Fixed in the handle I0 is a spider I6 including a sleeve I'I in the axis of the handle I0. A rod-like valve stem I8 is slidably mounted in the sleeve I1 for endwise movement in opposite directions toward and from the rear end of the discharge member 8. A conical valve I9 is xed on the front end of the stem I8 to seat in the rear end of the discharge member 8. A coil spring 28 on said stern I8 between the valve I9 and sleeve I'I yieldingly seats said valve. A radial valve opening plunger 2I is slidably mounted in the handle Il) for movement inwardly thereof to open said valve I9, said plunger having a tapered cam 22 on its inner end, within said handle, coacting with a longitudinal slot 23 in said valve stem I8 so that under movement of the plunger 2| inwardly of the handle I8, the valve stem I8 is cammed rearwardly to unseat the valve I9. A coil spring 24 is provided on the valve stem 2l intermediate the handle I0 and a push button 25 fixed on the outer end of said plunger 2l, said spring yieldingly opposing inward movement of said plunger.

The operation of the invention will be readily understood. The handle I 0 is filled with the liquid, hot oil or the like, through the ller opening I4. The teeth 6 of the comb are rubbed against the scalp and oil admitted to the discharge member I0 by opening the valve I9, to be drained from the discharge member 8 by way of the ports I I. By holding the comb with the teeth 6 upright, the liquid discharged through the ports I I will be quickly fed to the teeth, and by tilting the comb laterally slowly fed to said teeth, as will be obvious. By means of the described valve I9 a greater or less amount of liquid may be first admitted to the discharge member 8, as desired, before the teeth 6 are applied to the scalp. The comb may be formed of any suitable material.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sumce to im part a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible of modication without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. A fountain comb comprising a substantially contiguous ends of the back I and the handle 5? cylindrical hollow back having front and rear end Webs the latter axally apertured and a longitudinal row of axially bored -teeth on one side thereof opening into the interior of said back, a tubular liquid discharge member extending into said back by way of the rear web and spaced from the inner Wall of said back, said member having a longitudinal row of ports therein opposite the rows of said teeth and being provided with a threaded rear end projecting out of said back, a hollow handle threaded onto said extended end of said member and forming a liquid supply container, a valve in said handle seating against the extended end of said member, and means to unseat said Valve comprising a plunger slidably extended into said handle transversely thereof and provided with a push button.

2. A fountain comb comprising a substantially cylindrical hollow back having front and rear end webs the latter axially apertured and a extended end of said member and forming av liquid supply container, a valve in said handle seating against the extended end of said member, and means to unseat said valve comprising a plunger slidably extended into said handle transversely thereof and provided with a push button, and coacting camming devices on said plunger and valve.

CARRIE E. HOLTON. 

